Setting quality objectives

In the test plan you can list the quality objectives for the release. Typically, quality objectives might include performance variables such as the number of concurrent users that the application under test must support or the time allowed for certain functions. As a quality objective, you might also want to state the maximum number of severity one, severity two, and severity three defects that you can accept before you declare a product ready to ship.

In this section of the test plan you create a table, with one objective per row.

To define a quality objective:

  1. Open the Quality Objectives section of a test plan.
  2. Click the Add Row icon (Add table row).
  3. Under Quality Objectives Description, type the description of the quality objective, for example, No priority 1 defects or Execution Success Rate greater than 95%.
  4. Under Current Value, type the current value of the objective, for example, Three priority 1 defects.
  5. Under Status, select a status from the list. Choices include Successful, Successful with Exception, Low or Not successful, Not started, and Unresolved.
  6. Repeat these steps for any additional quality goals that you want to add, or click the Delete Row button to remove a goal.
  7. Click Save to save your changes to the test plan.

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